The Town of Hillsborough approved a new noise ordinance on Monday, an update 15 months in the making between the local government, downtown businesses and residents.
The measure, which the town’s Board of Commissioners passed unanimously, clarifies the hours when extensive amplified sound is allowed and establishes a civil penalty structure for those who repeatedly violate the ordinance.
Discussions around a noise ordinance update began in early 2020 when downtown Hillsborough residents filed complaints about amplified music coming from the Hot Tin Roof bar on Margaret Lane. Since then, law enforcement officials and town staff began discussions on how to adapt the ordinance previously adopted in 2015, which was based on decibel levels of noise.
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North Carolina Towns Push For LGBTQ Protections As Moratorium Ends
Lawmakers agreed to stop pushing for nondiscrimination ordinances in 2017 as a compromise in ending the state’s controversial “bathroom bill.”
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) The first North Carolina municipalities are acting to expand LGBT rights again a month since the expiration of a moratorium on nondiscrimination ordinances agreed to years ago as a compromise to do away with the state’s “bathroom bill.”
The governing board of Hillsborough, a town of 7,000 about 40 miles (64 kilometers) northwest of Raleigh, voted unanimously this week to approve new protections for people on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity and other differences.